Why this ride
41 km from Eckernförde to Eckernförde, about 44 min of riding. On the way it passes Main Wall Area 1 and back through Main Wall Area 1. The coast is the point of it.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
East Wall Area 2E to 2F and National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 41 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 44 min
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. East Wall Area 2E to 2F
The Danevirke is a wall, or rather a series of walls, that once stretched across the neck of the Jutland peninsula, and this stretch is the eastern end, near the Windeby lake and the shore of the Baltic. The first earthworks went up in the seventh century, and later kings of Denmark extended them in several phases, culminating in a brick-faced wall built in the twelfth century under Valdemar the Great. The purpose was to protect the southern border against the Franks and the Saxons, and it worked more or less for several hundred years. A few steps along the grassy bank, and you can see a low ridge and a ditch, easily mistaken for a hedgerow.
Read the complete East Wall Area 2E to 2F write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
East Wall Area 2E to 2F is where the day begins. Next is Main Wall Area 1.
2. Main Wall Area 1
The Danevirke is the longest and most important archaeological monument in northern Europe, a network of earthworks and walls that stretches across the neck of the Jutland peninsula, and the Main Wall is its backbone. At this spot, close to the village of Dannewerk near Schleswig, you are standing on a grassy ridge that looks like nothing much until someone tells you it was built to stop armies. It runs for kilometres through fields and woods, and over a stretch of centuries it was raised, repaired and extended by Danish kings, from the early Viking age into the twelfth century.
Read the complete Main Wall Area 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Main Wall Area 1 comes up about 21 km into the recorded legs. Next is National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei.
3. back through Main Wall Area 1
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Main Wall Area 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Main Wall Area 1, late in the day. Next is East Wall Area 2E to 2F.
4. East Wall Area 2E to 2F
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete East Wall Area 2E to 2F write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at East Wall Area 2E to 2F. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
East Wall Area 2E to 2F to Main Wall Area 1
East Wall Area 2E to 2F → Main Wall Area 1 is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Main Wall Area 1 to back through Main Wall Area 1
Main Wall Area 1 → back through Main Wall Area 1 is 1 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Main Wall Area 1 to East Wall Area 2E to 2F
back through Main Wall Area 1 → East Wall Area 2E to 2F is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.